IBBY Australia is hosting a fundraising event for the IBBY Children in Crisis Appeal. The Japanese section of IBBY will use the funds raised to buy minivans for delivering books to children affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

Dr Robin Morrow is president of IBBY Australia. She pioneered children’s bookselling in NSW when she began The Children’s Bookshop in Beecroft in 1971. She owned the bookshop for its first 25 years. Owen Belling will interview her about her life with books.